Bangalore: BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday alleged that the “failure” of
Congress to alleviate poverty and unemployment among the SCs, STs and
OBCs has driven many to Naxalism. “Despite ruling the nation for maximum
number of years since Independence, Congress has failed to alleviate
poverty and unemployment among the SCs, STs and the OBCs, resulting in
many of them becoming Naxalites or taking the wrong path,” she told
BSP’s South Zone convention in Bangalore.

The former Uttar
Pradesh chief minister said, the Congress has not been able to bring
about any change in the “societal or financial status” of these
sections. Blaming Congress for playing in the hands of corporates, she
said, tribals were being dislocated from their traditional dwellings in
forest, their lands encroached upon and sold to big business houses “for
a song”.

“Instead of appeasing the corporate houses, the
government should evolve policies benefitting the common man,” she said.
She also accused the Congress of “destroying” reservations provided to
the SCs, STs and BCs under the Constitution. Inclusion of other castes
under the reservation quota has diluted this provision, she claimed.

Noting that the BSP was concerned about the poor among upper castes and
religious minorities, she said, the Centre has also not responded to
their pleas for reservation. Mayawati said, “wrong policies” of the
Congress and the BJP during their respective rules have led to the
present state of affairs in the country, including rise in corruption.
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Bangalore: Bahujan
Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati today alleged that the “failure” of
Congress to alleviate poverty and unemployment among the SCs, STs and
OBCs has driven many to Naxalism.

“Despite ruling the nation for
maximum number of years since Independence, Congress has failed to
alleviate poverty and unemployment among the SCs, STs and the OBCs,
resulting in many of them becoming Naxalites or taking the wrong path,”
she told BSP’s South Zone convention here.

The former Uttar
Pradesh chief minister said, the Congress has not been able to bring
about any change in the “societal or financial status” of these
sections.

Blaming Congress for playing in the hands of
corporates, she said, tribals were being dislocated from their
traditional dwellings in forest, their lands encroached upon and sold to
big business houses “for a song”.

“Instead of appeasing the corporate houses, the government should evolve policies benefitting the common man,” she said.

She
also accused the Congress of “destroying” reservations provided to the
SCs, STs and BCs under the Constitution. Inclusion of other castes under
the reservation quota has diluted this provision, she claimed.

Noting
that the BSP was concerned about the poor among upper castes and
religious minorities, she said, the Centre has also not responded to
their pleas for reservation. Mayawati said, “wrong policies” of the
Congress and the BJP during their respective rules have led to the
present state of affairs in the country, including rise in corruption.

Urging
upon party workers to unite and bring the BSP to power at the Centre
and in the states, “which is necessary for the overall development of
not only the SCs, STs and the OBCs, but also religious minorities and
the poor in upper castes,” Mayawati also supported the demand for a
separate Telangana state.